SVASE CXO Leadership Forum: How to become an Acquisition Target! July 13, 2011

SVASE CXO Leadership Forum: How to become an Acquisition Target!

Start: 07/13/2011 - 11:30 am
End: 07/13/2011- 1:30 pm

Contact Info: Ram Sriram
Email: sriram.ram@comcast.net
Voice: 408 627-8302

Location: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
390 Lytton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301

URL:-www.svase.org/events/cxo-leadership-forum-how-become-acquisition-target

As the economy recovers, corporate investing & acquisitions are coming back in a big way. If you’re looking at positioning your startup as an acquisition target in the next 12 – 18 months, you’ll want to attend this session, which will provide insights into the M&A process and how acquisitive companies scout for the technologies, teams & business models they want to get their hands on - including pre-revenue companies, what they expect from sellers, and how they integrate new business & technologies into their existing business.

Topics to be discussed will include:
- Common misperceptions about what acquirers want in a company
- How to get on an acquirers radar screen?
- Market expansion acquisitions vs. technology portfolio acquisitions
- Does having customers help or hurt?
- How deals get negotiated, and who are the players?
- What happens after the deal closes?
- What tends to happen after the honeymoon period is over?

Guest Speakers: TBA

This event is a collegial luncheon designed to foster discussion in a confidential format among founders, officers and managers (CEO, CFO, CTO, CMO) of startup technology companies. We request that participants be involved in the management of a technology company.

Advance registration only, limited to 25 registrants, no walk-ins admitted.

Pre-registration closes 11 AM the day of the event.

When: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
11:30–12:00 pm: Networking and Lunch
12:00-01:30 pm: Panel discussion and Q/A

Location: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, 390 Lytton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Pre-Registered Rates (All Rates Include Lunch):
$20 SVASE members,$29 Affiliates who promote this event
$49 Non-members

This event is co-sponsored by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, www.sheppardmullin.com.

Official Website: http://www.svase.org/events/cxo-leadership-forum-how-become-acquisition-target